Softball | State Finals

Pines behind in delayed 6A final

Broward baseball | Regional finals

St. Thomas rolls into semifinals

St. Thomas Aquinas saw its bats come to life Friday night as it routed West Boca Raton 11-1 in five innings...

State softball Class 8A semifinals | Cypress Bay 3, Winter Garden West Orange 0

Maloney’s pitching lifts Cypress Bay to finals

Sarah Maloney pitched a two-hitter to lead Cypress Bay into the Class 8A championship game.

Class 6A state semifinals | Pembroke Pines Charter 4, Gainesville 2

Pembroke Pines Charter Jaguars get to final without their leader

Despite missing star second baseman Victoria Gonzalez, Pines Charter advanced to the state final behind the...

Class 7A state softball final | St. Thomas Aquinas 1, Freedom 0

Aquinas ends 10-year title drought

Meghan King threw a one-hitter, and Rachel Collins drove in the game’s only run to spark St. Thomas Aq...

Roundup

Cypress Bay faces Lyman in state boys’ volleyball quarterfinals

When the Cypress Bay boys’ volleyball team took the floor for the third set of its state play-in gam...

SoftballCypress Bay

Title or bust for Lightning

The Cypress Bay softball team has had one goal all season: Get to the state final four.

High school softball | class 7A semis

Aquinas works overtime to reach state final

Samantha Sharkey’s RBI double in the ninth inning scored Jillian Healy and lifted the resilient Raid...

Softball | class 5A state semifinals: St. Johns Creekside 2, American Heritage 0

American Heritage can’t solve Pence in setback

The Patriots were held to just one hit in a frustrating, season-ending loss in the state semifinals.

Broward Baseball Roundup

McCarthy dynasty not slowing down

Archbishop McCarthy’s baseball dynasty was in serious jeopardy Tuesday night.

Softball State Championships

Pines Charter picking up where it left off last season

Pembroke Pines Charter entered last season’s Class 6A state final as the underdog against defend...

Roundup

Coral Reef chooses veteran Padron as its new baseball coach

A day after being named Miami-Dade County’s top overall athletic program by The Miami Herald, Coral Re...

ALL-DADE ATHLETIC AWARDS

Coral Reef captures first All-Sports Trophy during Herald’s All-Dade awards

Coral Reef won the Class 8A-5A All-Sports Trophy and Girls’ Major Sports Award during The Herald...

Courage Award| Davonte Pollard

Pollard doesn’t let eye disease derail his dream

Davonte Pollard didn’t let a debilitating eye disease stop him from returning to sports and running ...

ALL-DADE AWARDS

Miami Herald All-Dade awards: List of winners

The Miami Herald’s Lifetime Achievement Award | Joel Furnari

Helping children was ‘a way of life’ for Furnari

Joel Furnari and South Dade High go back a long, long time — some 32 years.

Roundup

Emotions swell for Monsignor Pace after state title loss

The moment was a tough one for seniors of the Monsignor Pace baseball team.

High School Baseball

Monsignor Pace falls in extra innings in Class 4A state title game after rain delay

Heartbreak could not even begin to describe what Monsignor Pace baseball players were going through in the ...

Baseball | Class 3A semifinals

Florida Christian Patriots’ season ends in semifinal

Florida Christian’s Chris Pelaez threw a great game, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Central...

Roundup

Monsignor Pace advances to 4A final

Monsignor Pace found itself in a scoring funk for the second consecutive year at state.

School Scene

Coral Reef High students earn summer internship at FIU

Aliya Moktadier, Kasia Williams, Jayson Plasencia, Ashley Sierra and Hunter Alvarez of Coral Reef Senior Hi...

Baseball | Florida Christian

Florida Christian baseball eyeing state semifinals

In my opinion

Rising sophomores, juniors garnering big-time attention

I can remember when concentrating on the senior class was enough for college football coaches, but times ha...

In my opinion

Gifted coaches are producing outstanding talent

One of the most overlooked parts of the recruiting process has to be the high school coaches.

Spotlight on | Recruiting

Ken Mastrole coaches FSU QB E.J. Manuel into NFL Draft

When Ken Mastrole speaks to the students at his many passing clinics, he explains that hard work will lead ...

In My Opinion

Players pumped for spring

After numerous camps and combines, 7-on-7 tournaments and conditioning drills, this coming Wednesday will u...

In My Opinion

Flowers is right fit at quarterback

If someone told you that South Florida is home to nearly 200 football high-level prospects for the upcoming...

In my opinion

Rising, unseen stars taking advantage of exposure

As more and more combines and camps are held for football prospects during the winter and spring, many play...

In My Opinion

St. Thomas Aquinas coach Tim Conrad helping kickers, punters make their case

At a time of year when players across South Florida are getting exposure that camps, combines and 7-on-7 ev...

In My Opinion

Class of 2015 making a name for itself

No sooner did the 2012 season come to an end then the focus began shifting to the class of 2014. It is supp...

Larry Blustein | On Recruiting

Homestead receiver Ermon Lane takes spotlight at Airo/IMG 7-on-7 football tournament

It didn’t take long for word about Ermon Lane to spread across the St. Thomas University campus Satu...

In My Opinion

Players in south Dade rising to top

As college coaches make plans to attend schools in South Florida during May, many will have to start alteri...

Recruiting

Local athletes who play in the secondary will be coveted next year

It is no longer a secret that if college coaches want a quality defensive back; one that was tested against...